Volumes, etc. Flashcards
Rules of conduct
Every member is expected to operate in a highly self disciplined manner and is responsible to regulate his or her own conduct in a positive manner, productive and mature way
Employee discipline
It is the policy of Phoenix fire that supervisors administer discipline in a corrective, progressive, and lawful manner
Principal objective of disciplinary action
To improve or correct performance, efficiency and morale of the member receiving discipline as well as that of the department
Employee assistance program
Many times just listening will help members reason through problems. Other times serious alcohol, drugs, stress, marital or financial problems, the member may require professional assistance. Help is available through the employee assistance program.
Programs for improving job performance
Training, employee assistance services, non-disciplinary counseling, disciplinary action
Investigative process
Summary of incident, interviews conducted, conclusions, recommendations, attachments
Suspected on duty substance abuse
If reasonable grounds to believe that the employee is under the influence of alcohol or drugs, the supervisor may direct the employee to submit a drug screen and or blood alcohol test.
Drug or alcohol test results
Testing positive or if refusing to test shall be considered unfit for work and be relieved from duty that day
Supervisory counseling
Verbal-most common and least severe of corrective actions.
Written-memo of counseling. This memo may be placed in employees personal file
Suspension, demotion or dismissal
The Fire Chief or make the final decision concerning suspensions demotions or dismissal ensuring consistency of serious discipline throughout the department
Complaints
Complaints alleging serious administrative or criminal misconduct will be assigned to the performance auditing section
Industrial leave
Absence from work as a result of an injury by accident arising out of and in the course of city employment or occupational disease is arising out of in the course city employment
Accident reporting
Accidents involving fire department vehicles must be reported to the alarm immediately
Safety management system
The prevention and reduction of accidents, injuries and occupational illness is our goals of the PFD and shall be primary considerations at all times. The PFD shall make every reasonable effort to provide a safe and healthy work environment, recognizing the dangers of all the types of service we deliver
Hearing protection
Personnel shall wear hearing protection when exposed to noise above 85 dB.
Going code 3
Aircraft ops
Using tools like saws, sledgehammers, etc
Near utility truck
CALSSRC
Central Arizona life safety system response council
CALSSRC defines the customer
Any person who receives our services and anyone with who our members have dealings
Command procedures
Designed to-fix responsibility on one individual throughout the standard identification system depending on the arrival sequence of members companies and command officers, ensure a strong direct visible command presence from the onset, provide A system to process information to support incident management planning and decision-making, Orley transfer of command to subsequent arriving officers, ensure a seamless transition from type 5/4 to a type 3/2/1 NIMS
Tactical priorities in order
Remove endangered occupants and treat the injured
Stabilize the incident and provide for life safety
Conserve property
Provide for the safety accountability and welfare of personnel
Functions of command
Assume and announce command establish command post
Rapids size up
Initiate and maintain control effective communications
Provide steady adequate and timely stream of appropriate resources
Identify strategy, develop IAP
Sectorize and delegate
Review revise keep IAP current
Continue, transfer, or termination of command
On scene report
Engine 14 to alarm, engine 14 on scene of a small house with a working fire, engine 14 Laying a line and taking handline in for search/rescue fire attack, we are in the offense of strategy, engine 14 is 32nd Ave. command
Follow up report
32nd Ave. command to alarm, engine 14 will be north side accountability. Give me the balance of the first alarm. Engine 14 has IRIC in place
Command modes
Investigative -Nothing showing
Fast attack-Visible working fire, critical life safety situation
Command mode-Stationary command post
Fast attack mobile command mode
Should not last more than few minutes and will and with one of the following
Situation stabilized, command transferred,move to command mode
Command team-incident advisory team
Senior advisor, incident commander and support officer become the command team
Responsibility of the incident commander
Perform the functions of command to achieve the tactical objectives
Responsibilities of support officer
Define evaluate and recommend changes to the incident action plan, provide direction relating to tactical priorities and fireground factors, become safety officer, evaluate needs for additional resources, assign logistics responsibilities, assist with tactical worksheet, evaluate fire ground organization
Responsibilities of senior adviser
Provide ongoing review of the overall incident, review organizational structure expand to meet incident needs, initiate sections or branches as required, provide liaison with other cities and officials,forecast events, compared to transition to long-term operations
Three command levels
Strategic level-overall direction of incident
Tactical level-sectors
Task level-companies
Utilizing sectors
Reduces ICs span of control, more effective communications, divide large geographical incidents into effectively sized units, provides many support functions, improves firefighter safety
Establishing a sector
Define tactical objectives
Give radio designation i.e. roof sector, East sector
Identify resources assigned
Reasonable and maximum span of control for sector
Reasonable-five companies, maximum-seven companies
Odd geographic boundaries
Sector A B C or D maybe used. A would be the front and then go clockwise around the building alphabetically
Multistory occupancies
Sectors usually indicated by floor numbers i.e. sector 15 indicates 15 floor can be sector 15 E. or sector 15 W. if large areas
Can report
Conditions, actions, needs
Adding branches
Decreases communication load on the IC i.e. Firebranch, medical branch, hazard branch
Logistics section
Logistics provides services and support systems
Planning section
Responsible for gathering assimilating analyzing and processing information needed for effective decision-making
Operations section
Responsible for tactical priorities accountability safety and welfare of personnel working
Administration section
Evaluates and manages the risk and financial requirements
In transit
The time it takes for a company to reach their assignment area after receiving an order
On deck
Forward staging position located just outside the immediate hazard zone safely distanced from the entrance of a tactical position/sector
Company recycling
Timely and efficient means of a replacement and rehydration of companies while maintaining their sector assignments
Mayday situation
Any situation where a firefighter is unable to safely exit the hazard zone or an event that cannot be resolved by that individual within 30 seconds
May day readiness
Maintaining a high level of May Day readiness at all times includes every day preparation and prevention as well as practiced ability to communicate and respond to a Mayday scenario
Grab lives procedures
G check air gauge R radio A activate pass B breathing control L stay low I illuminate V volume loud noises E find exit S shield airway
Accountability
Passport system will be used to effectively track firefighters in the hot zone. Stickers, hose ID tag
Passport rules
Passports reflect only personnel presently in the hot sun, deliver to assign accountability location prior to entering hot zone, maintain at the point of entry to the hot zone, retrieved by crews upon exiting on zone, location where crews deployed hose lines
Two in two out
Plug man and engineer
Captain and senior firefighter
Evacuations
Site evacuation, small number of citizens or workers at the site or near areas
Intermediate level evacuation, normally fewer than 100 people
Large scale evacuation thousands of citizens could be evacuated
Door to door notifications for evacuating
Be in uniform, wear helmet, 35 second blasts of siren while on yelp setting beginning at each block and every 50 yards after that. Where S CBA and facepiece hose is not attached
Engine functions
Search rescue treatment, stretch hoselines, operate nozzles, pump hose lines, loss control
Ladder truck functions
Search rescue treatment, ventilate, forcible entry, raise ladders, provide access check extension, utilities, lighting, operate ladder pipes, perform overhaul, extrication, loss control
Rescue functions
Transport sick and injured to hospitals, search rescue treatment, maintain retrievable status for victim treatment and transport, general firefighting duties per command
Tactical priorities
Rescue - all clear
Fire control - under control
Property conservation - loss stopped
Considered complete when declared
Seven sides of the building
Front, rear, both sides, top, bottom, interior
Fire ground strategy
Offensive or defensive, sometimes marginal if rescue profile is involved.
Complaints
Unfounded = did not occur
Exonerated = occurred but justifies
Not Sustained = insufficient evidence to prove or disprove the allegation
Sustained = All or part occurred as alleged. Must be proved
Risk management plan
We may risk our lives a lot to protect savable lives
We may risk our lives a little to protect property
We will not risk our lives at all to say what is already lost
Tactical positions that are dangerous
Working above the fire, where fire can move in behind them, where sector cannot control position/retreat, when involved with opposing fire streams, combining interior and exterior attack, limited access one way in one way out, operating under involved roof structures, in areas containing hazmat materials, below ground fires, areas where a backdraft potential exists, above/below ground rescue
On the fire ground personnel shall be
In staging, assigned to a task or operating within a sector, after completing an assignment be in staging or get reassigned
Laddering a roof
The ladder selected Shall be one which will extend 2 to 3 feet above the roofline
Operating either above or below ground level
Establish at least two separate escape routes where possible
Hot zone
Any area that requires an SCBA, charged hoseline, special protective clothing or in which firefighting personnel are at risk of becoming lost trapped or injured by the environment or structure
Minimum crew size in hot zone
2 personnel
Warm zone
Just outside of the hot zone
Cold zone
Outside of the warm zone where no one is at risk because of the incident
IE command, level one and level two staging, support and staff personnel, canteen, rehab, media, PD liaison, interviewing RP
All personnel in a hot zone
Shall wear full turnouts, have crew in tact, be assigned to a sector
Signs of building collapse
Cracks in the exterior walls, bulges in exterior walls, sounds of structural movement-creaking, groaning, snapping, smoke or water leaking through walls, flexible movement of any floor or roof, interior or exterior bearing walls or columns weaning twisting or flexing, sagging, time of the fire involvement
Early structural failure
Parapet walls, large open unsupported areas, large signs or marquees, cantilevered canopies, ornamental front or side walls, buildings with lightweight trusses, Bar joist or bowstring truss, unprotected metal beams or columns
Emergency traffic
Any member has the authority to utilize emergency traffic
Building evacuation
Generally involves a shift from an offense of do a defensive strategy
Search and rescue
Shall be performed according to an efficient well planned procedure which includes the safety of search group personal
Prior to entering search area
Search team should be familiar with a specific search plan, overall objective and designation of search area, individual assignments. May require a brief conference Among crewmembers
Searching with charged hoseline
When search is conducted that exposes cruise to fire conditions to provide escape route
High rise building fire
With working fire are considered a high hazard area
Elevators with firefighter service feature
Engage the emergency operations
Take elevator to floor two floors below the suspected fire floor
Be prepared to close elevator door immediately usually by removing finger from door control button if fire or smoke or visible on the floor
Elevators without emergency operations shall not be used as a working fire is indicated
Menah-menah
High-rise building fire perimeter
Fire ground perimeter shall be established 200 feet from the building and observed by all fire personnel as a hazard area
S CBA shall be used when
In a contaminated atmosphere
In the atmosphere which may suddenly become contaminated
Atmosphere which is oxygen deficient
Atmosphere which is suspected of being contaminated or oxygen deficient
This includes any active fire area, directly above an active fire area, in a potential explosion or fire area including gas leaks and fuel spills
Early ventilation
Is important to the success of fire control operations in the safety of firefighters and victims
Dangerous roofs
Bowstring roofs-no firefighter shall operate on a bowstring roof if there is any evidence that the fire is structural
Residential tile roof-no firefighter shall operate on the roof of a residential structure covered with tile shingles
Commercial tile roofs-extreme caution must be used when operating on commercial tile roofs
Ventilation hole
Adequate size rule of thumb is at least 10% of the roof surface of the involved area
Resource sector
Provides identifiable location at which available supplies are assembled to provide immediate support when required
*for high rise resource is normally established five floors Below the on deck floor or any other safe and contaminated
Rehab sector
To prevent the risk of injury that may result from extended field operations under adverse conditions. Crews may be evaluated if needed. Automatically dispatched on first alarm or greater incidents
Tactical support activities
Those functions that assist active fire control and rescue operations-forcible entry, ventilation, axis
Ventilate a building for two reasons
Prevent mushrooming and to gain and maintain entry
Vertical ventilation
Close to directly over the fire as possible, is the most effective form of ventilation for working fires
On “Fires”
It is not normal to put your hose in the hole. Wink wink. Ah thank you
Standard attack team
2 engine companies plus a ladder company.
Provides for adequate water supply and capability for forward and key pumper
Loss control
To reduce and in many cases eliminate certain losses experienced during and following fires or other incidents
Salvage
Includes activities required to stop direct indirect fire damage in addition to those required to minimize the effects of firefighting operations
Objectives-stop or reduce the source of damage, protect or remove contents
Overhaul
To reduce the incidence of secondary fires control loss and stabilize the incident while providing for firefighter safety
Secondary fires
Attic fires compose a special hazard for secondary fires
Incident commander is responsible for ensuring that the fire area has been thoroughly overhauled
Overhaul/defensive fires
Overhaul will not be conducted on structures declared defensive
Occupant services
Liaison between fire department at citizens directly or indirectly affected by the incident
Hydrant water supply
Companies approaching scene with evidence of working fire should lay their own supply line.
Exceptions-obvious critical rescue, unsure of actual fire location, hydrant within 50 feet of fire
Pumped water
Companies should stage on hydrants in case of need to pump hydrant. Pumped water provides a large volumes of water for master streams, ladder pipes or multiple attack lines
Master stream supply lines
4” supply line - about 850 GPM
5” supply line-about 1000 GPM
5 inch hose has one third friction loss of 4 inch hose therefore providing greater volume
Attack hose line placement
First stream place between fire and persons endangered by. When no life endangered first dream place between fire in most severe exposure.
Second hose should be placed to protect secondary means of egress
Additional hose should cover other critical areas
When possible cruise ship position hose and manner that directs support of risky activities, begins confinement, protects exposures and loss control
Solid stream
Greater penetration, reach and striking power. Less steam conversion
Peripheral or fog nozzle or automatic
Increased heat absorption/expansion. Shorter reach. Most effective in confined spaces and protecting exposures
1 3/4 hoseline
Fast, mobile, greater volume, 175 GPM
2” hoseline
Reasonable speed, mobility and variable volume pressure and nozzle, up to 350 GPM
2 1/2” hoseline
Slow, difficult to move, volume 250 GPM
Elevated master stream
Mostly stationary, slow to set up-maximum water, 500 to 1000 GPM
Engine mounted master stream
Fast, large volume, great reach and penetration, 500 to 1000 GPM
Basement fires
Crews should not open nozzles until they can see and or are near the fire, crews should not use fog streams, Street streams should be used because steam production will be extensive
Air attack
Fixed wing aircraft with a pilot and air attack group supervisor on board
Rotary wing
Helicopter used for recon, crew shuttle, waterdrops
Fixed wing
Any airplane used on incident for air resource coordination, air attack or retardant drops
S E A T
Single engine air tanker -holds 600 to 800 gallon retardant
Large air tanker
Holds up to 3000 gallons of retardant
V L A T or very large Air tanker
DC10 holds 10,000 gallons of retardant
LZ landing zone
Large area clear of obstructions where rotary wing aircraft can land
Dip site
Large area clear of obstructions with a 300 foot approach and the departure all directions, path clear of structures and personnel with water supply from Lake, pond, or bout wall supplied by water tender or engine utilizing hydrant. Use dust abatement.
Aircraft use and restrictions
No water drops at night, rotary with external load shall not fly over occupied structures
Car fires
Minimum level of protection for firefighter is full protective clothing breathing air from there at SCBA including captains
Minimum hoseline 1 1/2 line
When patients trapped in the car fire
Water should be first applied to protect patients and permit rescue
Liquid petroleum gas or LPG
Pressure can increase and cause bleve. Take action to control the fire and cool the tank.
Multi patient incident
Incidents with fewer than 25 patients
Mass casualty incident
Incidents involving 25 to 100 patients
A disaster
Any incidents involving more than 100 patients
EMS tactical objectives
To be completed during any multi patient mass casualty incident-completion of triage report, declaration of all immediates transported
Transport priority order
Immediate, delayed but may be upgraded to immediate, delayed, minor
Triage tags
Should be used anytime there are three or more immediate patients or more than 10 patients
EMS incident arrival
First arriving company will go to the scene as well as the first paramedic unit, first ladder, first chief, and first rescue. All others will use level one staging
EMS basic sectors
Triage, extrication, treatment, transportation
Trench rescue
First arriving company officer assumes command. No apparatus within 50 feet of trench failure. Level one staging at least 150 feet from failure. First writing TRT unit staff with TRT company officer assigned rescue sector
Trench rescue ops
Level one staging 150 feet
Non-E sensual traffic 300 feet
No heavy equipment operating within 300 feet
Communications
PFD will respond to any emergency situation that threatens life safety or property
Jurisdiction
Ardency incidents within the automatic aid boundaries served by the PF DRDC will be dispatched without regard to jurisdiction.
Enhanced mutual aidwith rule Metro and Gila River and one-way automatic aid onto Luke Air Force Base
Unit selection by alarm
The CAD system recommends the closest most appropriate units for dispatch based on availability current location and capabilities
Balance of assignment
Balance of assignment is a request for the dispatch of the additional units necessary to upgrade the response type
Greater alarm
A request for the dispatch of additional units using predefined requirement sets. No consideration is given to units already assigned to the incident
Types of second alarms
Brush, hazardous materials, high-rise, medical, rehab, rescue, structural, structural/medical
Apparatus placement
Apparatus function should regulate placement
Apparatus placement at fire ground
Maintain center lane if possible. Units should stay 30 feet away from involved buildings even with nothing showing. Beware of overhead powerlines. Key tactical positions should be identified and engines placed in those locations with a strong water supply
Apparatus placement in or near traffic
Position apparatus at the scene of emergencies in a manner the best protects the work area and personnel from traffic or other hazards
Emergency lights
Daytime leave all emergency lights on. Nighttime turn off headlights reduce lighting to yellow lights and emergency flashers were possible
Traffic cone placement
Speed 25 miles an hour-65 feet
Speed 40 miles an hour-105 feet
Speed 60 miles an hour-160 feet
Place and retrieve cones while facing the traffic
Code 3 driver and co driver
Engine ladder ladder tenders and rescues should have 2 PFD members in the front seats whenever possible while responding code 3
Code 3 driving
Center for oncoming-20 mph max
Favorable conditions 10 mph over
Unfavorable conditions-posted speed limit
Using center or oncoming lanes come to complete stop before proceeding through intersection even when the light is green
Backing up
Avoid backing whenever possible. If backing unavoidable spotters shall be used. If no spotter driver Shall 360 the apparatus
Seatbelts
While driving or passenger seatbelts will be used at all times when operating any city vehicle
Ladder tenders
Provide a full level of truck capabilities while extending the service life of the larger more costly apparatus
Freeway response
Responding to calls on the freeway respond code 2. Alternating headlights and rear flashers maybe used. Proceed in the opposite direction of normal flow only if directed by DPS
Freeway lanes
Lanes numbered from center to side of road. Median, Lane one lane to lane three, emergency lane
HOV lane
HOV lane is the HOV lane, not lane one
Papago tunnels
There are two vehicular tunnels eastbound vehicular and westbound vehicular. Each with 5 lanes. There is a single bus transit tunnel between each tunnel
Tunnel access doors
There are four total access doors. Two for each direction locked from the transit tunnel side.
Tunnel ventilation
There are four ventilation rooms two for each vehicle tunnel. Air flow determined by carbon monoxide and readings. Each room has two fans. Each has a total of four fans providing ventilation
Vent room excess
Access is from the surface of the deck park via structures on the deck. Each room is 35 feet below the surface
ADOT Control room
Located below the Central Avenue overpass on the south side. Serves as control and communications center for the Tonnele. Staffed 24 hours a day with video monitoring capability. Room equipped with smoke detection and Halon suppression system
Tunnel discharge fans
Discharge 400,000 cubic feetper minute when at full exhaust
Tunnel water supply
Hydrant cabinets in to vehicle totals approximately every 300 feet on alternating sides of the total 600 feet on the same side. Each cabinet has a 2 1/2 inch fitting and a 4 inch hydrant fitting. Fed by 6 inch water means. Wet system. A four way fire department standpipe connection to support the wall hydrant system is located on Culver 50 feet west of central intake fittings on the connection is 2 1/2 inches. No water supply in the vent rooms
Papago tunnel communications
A radio repeater system is installed to provide communications to alarm the afar channels 123 and medical channels three and nine. Repeat twice to avoid loss of message. Also emergency telephone cabinets located every 150 feet on both sides in the tunnels. Each telephone booth has a dry Chem extinguisher a fire alarm pull station and a security tamper switch. Emergency telephone is also a alternative communication to the control room operator.
Tunnel emergency power
One diesel generator supplies power to Tunnel. When on emergency power limited lighting, fire detection, tunnel telephones, cameras, CO monitoring. Fans operate at 1/3 to 1/2 normal supply
Tunnel storm drain
There are two pump houses one at third Avenue and one at third Street each with a 100,000 gallon sump in each pump house, pumps activated by floats in sumps. Explosion proof fixtures, phone suppression system, combustible vapor detection system. House is monitored by ADOT district office 22nd Ave. and Durango
Violent incidents
Any type of incident in which fire Dept members may be exposed to harm as a result of a violent or threatening act
Violent incident staging
Units should stage either in quarters or out of sight nearby the scene (level 2 staging) until scene is confirmed safe. Be cautious of being waived in by police. Maintain situational awareness it is crucial
Operating at violent incidents
At no time should any fire department personnel operate within an active law-enforcement inner perimeter and less extenuating circumstances.fire personnel will not be directly involved in law-enforcement assault operations. Fire personnel will not enter in area that is not secure and safe to enter. Safety is number one priority of all first responders
Less experienced firefighter
A probationary firefighter OR two years total experience assigned to firefighting duties
Lifting/pulling
Use your legs to lift- bend your knees, keep your back straight, do not twist your body while lifting reposition your feet to avoid twisting, to lift heavy objects get your body as close to the object as possible, use a back support device if previous back problems
AHB (africanized honeybees) attack
2 units respond. 1 ALS & 1 ladder & a batt chief. Stege proximately 150 feet from the colony. Don protective clothing
Fighting honeybees
Attack using 1 1/2 hose and use foam pumped at 200 psi at 95 GPM fog pattern sweeping the air around FFs and patient
